Tag : Cholera

Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 22 January 2018| 04 Jumadul Ula 1439
Deaths caused by diphtheria, a serious bacterial infection, are “likely to rise” in Yemen if a blockade imposed by a Saudi-led military coalition is not lifted, a major international charity ...

Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 17 January 2018| 29 Rabi ul Aakhir 1439
More than three million children have been born in Yemen since the escalation in violence in March 2015, UN Children’s Fund, and UNICEF, said on Tuesday.
A UNICEF report entitled ...

Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 17 January 2018| 29 Rabi ul Aakhir 1439
UNICEF on Tuesday warned of overcrowded refugee camps in Bangladesh which could lead to devastating disease outbreaks, displacement, and death for more than half a million Rohingya refugee children ...

Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 11 December 2017| 22 Rabi ul Awal 1439
More than 960,000 suspected cases of cholera have been reported in war-torn Yemen since April 27, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) report released Wednesday.
According to the report, ...

Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 22 November 2017| 03 Rabi ul Awal 1439
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that 2.5 million Yemenis are without access to clean water, Reuters reported.
The capital Sana’a and southern Bayda governorate joined ...

Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 16 November 2017| 26 Safar 1439
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recorded at least 2,200 cholera-related deaths in war-torn Yemen since April 27, according to a WHO report released Wednesday.
As of Tuesday (Nov. 14), a whopping ...

Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 07 November 2017| 17 Safar 1439
Yemenis have denounced Saudi Arabia’s decision to close the country’s land, air and sea ports, calling it an “unnecessary and dangerous act of collective punishment” that puts millions of civilians at ...